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I also fell off the wagon...I had some problems eating rreal food, and my aunt had a Xmas party...I ate taSTES OF EVERY SOFT THING THERE WAS TO EAT INCLUDING DESSERTS! yIKES! i HOPE i AM BACK IN CONTROL TOMORROW!

No fill yet, but feeling very tight! Some days I can eat almost anything....last night I could not eat any salmon or soft green beans...the day before I could not eat any chicken without choking just about unless I smother it with something that really lubricates! What is going on? I was almost wide open and now I can barely eat mushies and smoothies! I did manage to swallow a small slcie of salami at my aunts...I guess it is because it is gresy..:help:

After my surgery my mu;tiple sclerosis symptoms came back...that meant not being able to walk and severe spasms all the time even with meds. I am finally getting better and can walk again with a bit of difficulty. Still have some spams. But i did do what ever i could while sitting down. moving my arms, isometric exercises, gentle sstretching, Moving anything i knew I could Not hurt...i have not lost, but I have not gained since then. I hope by next week I can start to do some moderate exercise. always ask your doctor!

I have been crushing mine into fine powdeer and putting the into yummy chocolate, with frozen blackberry smoothies....makes it like a milk shake and the taste is covered up!

I am having really bad hunger/munchies....and I feel really no rerstriction without a fill....mnot till ater Xmas! I drink water, tea, healthy snacks, etc. still feel hungry! help!:help:

Jack, As always you are so helpful!!!! I am on solids now, and seem to be sooo hungry! My fill is not until after Xmas.... I have not gsained weight, but I have to watch every little thing I eat just like pre-band! Also, because of my still remaining MS symptoms I cannot go yet on long walks or evenreally drive somewhere too far safely....so my movement is limited....I try to drive to Whole Foods and walk and walk there. By the way...I think my Cervical spine and part of my thoracic is is out of wack and although my leg is now ok, my back spasms are terrible!! Is there a way I can self adjust until I can see my chiro in CAli in a couple of weeks? I am trying not to take any meds like Klonopin or Valium to relax muscles and stop the spasms and seizure type activity....you know me...ALL NATURAL is better!

I totally agree with you! Last night I felt like a bottomless pit...and my fill is not until after Xmas!!!!:faint:

Welcome MELANIE and JDru so glad you have come to visit!!!!!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

PS--I just woke up fro, my long nap///my spelling is dreadful! :notagree I also bought Benefiber and have put it into all of my drinks....it is helping and NO bloating!! I hope I feel well enough tomorrow to actually go for a long walk a round the lake. Other wise I guess I will just roam the Giant Whole Foods again for a couple of hours and walk that way....holding on to my little cart :omg: I also told lots of people bout the surgery and somehow they think I should be skinny already!! Friends did notice today I had lost weight and I found to workout fluffy warm things to wear to walk around the lake...one was a large....no X and one was a medium!!!!!!!!!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: I will not attempt to try any pants for a long time since I am soooo big at the bottom!

OMG Karen...I have been sooolo hungry today! I wen t to lunch with friends and I tought I would only have half of my piece of chicken smothered in cheeese and balack olives.....I ate the wholw thing!!!! I also had part of the rice it came with..... left about half. Then I came home and felt sooooo hungry still I had a protein shake with half a banana and some peaenut butter in it! Later I fell Asleep....maybe I needed the calories since i am still fighting this MS stuff. at least that is my excuse and I am sticking to it! :eek: :faint:

Hi Jill, I also have been afraid to try salad!!! I need one!:eek:

bump....bump...bump/.... ok Nov bandsters let us know how you are doing!!!!!! :confused:

I applaud you...but be careful with your health....you need Fiber and lots of vitamins!!! Good luck!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

some days eat aboutb800m then go up to 1000 then to 1200 then down to 1000 then to 800 again or yes your body will think it is starvingg!

So sorry! I know what it is like...I just was lucky enough to not have it come up....I somehow burped and it made it move, but I thought I couldn't breathe...and it hurts!!!

Cilantro id also known as coriender...not the seeds, but the green plant itself.. You might ind it in an Indian market.

Karen...as you have read from my posts and e-mails my life has been veery difficult lately...but there is a rainbow somewhere out thee! My cramps are less and less and I was able to walk for several hours today....taking brkaes of course!!!! i did indulge in a Whole Foods Tres Leches cake which is very mushy, but probably has 1000 calorieds!!! but I did walk!! I also went to the store and tried on some smaller sizes.... I ususally wear 2x-3x and I fit in a XL and A 1X!!!! I tad snug, but not much at all! I came home and tried on some smaller clothes and they fit!!!!!!!!!!!!:faint: Hope you are well...miss you when you are not on...you are such a joy to have around! :clap2: :clap2:

OOOPPPSSSS! I guess I wrote wrong...sleepy....I weighed 214 then 209!!! But yes it was BIIIIGGGGGGGGG!

Call me...we can meet at Whole Foods?

Hi fellow Austinites...I am back for a couple of weeks! I am going to Whole Foods today...anyone want to meet me there>?? The one in 6th and Lamar,,,the better one!!! e-mail me before 9am if you can...or call me on my cell 512 300 9510 :clap2:

Well...I do not want to sound too graphic....but I was finally able to have a BM...a real one since Nov 7THHHH!!!!!!!!!! It was painful!!! From now on I will buy thta clear fiber!!!! I ma back now safely in Austin... I still hsave some muscle weakness, but it is getting better! I can at least walk now! I do better if I am holding on to something, but I can walk!!! yeah!!!!!!!!!!! :clap2: More good news...I guess I was so stopped up that when I weighed myself this morning I weighed 209!!!!! Instead of the 324 UI had gained to!:clap2: I think I need to do more mushies and less Protein drinks now!

I am not telling you to cheat, but if you have the urge to eat soemthing....blend it! Make it into a very thin mushy!!!! It helps!! And it will not h urt you! Also make sure it is just a small piece!

Jack, we could just give you a shot to sleep while flying and you won't even know it!!! The water will be good for your prosthesis....leg? Luv ya!

As it is I have been really sick in bed or imn ER and gaining w I have not lost one single pound since the first week of surgery and have gained instead and have problems.... If I do not see some results I am going to think that all thejh pain and trouble I have gone through since surgery has been for nothing.... just because we do not have a fill yet does not give us an excuse to not lose some weight.... I need some encouragement not a scolding.....

Hi. I seem to be feeling a little better today. I am sad because since I have not been able to move I have gained weight instead of lose...I niow weigh 212 intead of 210....maybe it will go away soon...it could be also the meds they gave me....I hope I can start moving soon! Well November bnadsters...it is now DEcmber...we have done great!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: Now we just need to fight off hunger before we get our first fills.... lets make a goal that by Dec. 9 we will lose between 2-4 lbs. that is really good without a fill huh????? November Bandsters Dec. 9 we will lose 2-4 lbs especailly those of us who have been banded since the beginning of the month!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: How do you do a secondary tickertape?